We last heard from MummyAirmiles on the eastern coast of South America, preparing to board a ship to take her round Cape Horn. We pick up her latest trip on the way home. Early docking in Valparaiso at 0500, up at 0600, and on the shuttle bus to clear Chilean immigration by 0715. Change of… Read More GUEST POST: MummyAirmiles returns to Rio
One of the easiest non-flying ways to earn Avios is via Tesco Clubcard and the right credit card. Spend £10 in Tesco and pay on the BAPP AmEx would earn 39 Avios. Forget your wallet and pay in cash, you would earn nothing. Thankfully, there is an app that can help forgetful people like me… Read More Earn Clubcard points faster with PayQwiq
I had a message from a good friend this morning asking if they should use 7500 Avios to save £100 off the cost of flights during the Easter holidays. The answer is “it depends!” My thought process for this was as follows: How many Avios do you have? Is there Avios availability? Can you split… Read More To part-pay or not to part-pay with Avios
Being a fairly frequent traveller, it is important to time a passport renewal in between trips to ensure it arrives back in time for the next trip. My passport was due for renewal in September 2016, but I had four trips between the start of the year and then, so I had to think about… Read More Renewing your passport – the costs add up
You can buy Ambassador Status, a sub-tier of the IHG Rewards Club for the InterContinental hotels. When staying at an InterContinental as an Ambassador, you are guaranteed a complimentary room upgrade, an in-room gift, extended check-out to 4pm. This is in addition to the priority check in at reception. It costs $200 a year (or 32,000… Read More IHG – you spoil me with your Ambassador status
After a fantastic first 8 months, I have decided to slightly alter the layout of the blog. It has been based on a single page with the newest post at the top, which I like because it allows people to easily see if there is a new post. It does, however, make it slightly harder to… Read More New layout
I am a real fan of the Supercard; it acts as a front for payment abroad. This is converted, at near perfect exchange rate, to Sterling which is then charged to your chosen credit card. It has saved me a lot of money when travelling abroad in FX fees as well as earning points on… Read More The end of the Supercard trial
Usually I cannot be bothered with competitions where there is so much to do before you have any chance of ever winning anything – thankfully the SPG Get in the Game promo is easy and quick. A tie-in with Major League Baseball, you first need to click on this link, and then enter your SPG… Read More Get in the Game with SPG
One of the published benefits of Silver Status is being able to select seats at the time of booking. I have always found this hugely valuable, as it means that I can I usually get extra leg room seats. I had booked them for our outbound to Copenhagen to start our trip to San Francisco… Read More Silver Seat Selection Saga with British AirwaysAirways
As regular readers will know, MummyAirmiles is currently in South America. She is now on a boat somewhere near Patagonia, having recently stopped at Puerto Madryn. That is not her ship in the picture! She has form for being away on Mother’s Day, which is hardly difficult as they are away so often that it… Read More Mother’s Day around the world
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